IN RE ASBESTOS PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION

Nos. 12-2061, 12-2063, 12-2064, 12-2065, 12-2066, 12-2067, 12-2068, 12-2069, 12-2070, 12-2071, 12-2072, 12-3082.

718 F.3d 236 (2013)

In re ASBESTOS PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION (NO. VI). Barry Wright, Appellant in No. 12-2061. Joseph J. Repischak, Appellant in No. 12-2063. Nancy Brix, Individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Gerald Brix, deceased, Appellant in No. 12-2064. Anthony J. Arendt, Appellant in No. 12-2065. Luellen Dellenbach, individually and as Special Administrator for the Estate of Warren C. Hansen, deceased, Appellant in No. 12-2066. Ronald J. Michels, Appellant in No. 12-2067. Virginia M. Morris, Individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Roy Morris, deceased, Appellant in No. 12-2068. Tracy Burzynski, Individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Milo Burzynski, deceased, Appellant in No. 12-2069. Russell V. Ostrand, Appellant in No. 12-2070. Michael R. Duffey, Individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Paul V. Duffey, deceased, Appellant in No. 12-2071. Roger Zerbel, Appellant in No. 12-2072. Kathleen Stafford, Individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of James J. Wilhelm, Deceased, Appellant in No. 12-3082.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: May 31, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian A. Schroeder, Esq. , Michael P. Cascino, Esq. , Robert G. McCoy, Esq. , Argued, Cascino Vaughn Law Offices, Chicago, IL, for Appellants.

Ashley E. Calhoun, Esq. , Daniel J. Mulholland, Esq. , Argued, John M. Seebohm, Esq. , David M. Setter, Esq. , Forman, Perry, Watkins, Krutz & Tarsy, Denver, CO, for Appellees Atlantic Richfield Company; CBS Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, f/k/a Viacom, Inc., successor by merger to CBS Corporation, a Pennsylvania Corporation, f/k/a Westinghouse Electric Corporation; General Electric Company; Georgia-Pacific LLC; Ingersoll Rand Company; Owens-Illinois, Inc. d/b/a O-I; Trane U.S. Inc., f/k/a American Standard, Inc.; and Union Carbide Corporation.

Eric D. Carlson, Esq. , Samuel C. Hall, Jr., Esq. , Crivello Carlson, S.C., Milwaukee, WI, for Appellees Albany International Corporation; Mount Vernon Mills Incorporated; Albany Felt Company, Durox Company; Koppers Incorporated; Rogers Corporation; Sprinkmann Sons Corporation; West Bend Company; Wisconsin Electric Power Company; Brake Supply Company Incorporated; and Graybar Electric Company.

Syed D. Ali, Esq. , Michael J. Zukowski, Esq. , K & L Gates, LLP, Pittsburgh, PA for Appellees Crane Company; Schneider Engineering Services, as successor to Square D Company; and Schneider Electric SA.

Gregory M. McNamee, Esq. , Emily C. Zapotocny, Esq. , Segal, McCambridge, Singer & Mahoney, Chicago, IL, for Appellees Durametallic Corporation; DAP Incorporated; Zurn Industries, LLC; and Gardner Denver, Incorporated.

Kathryn R. Downey, Esq. , Thomas A. Gilligan, Jr. Esq. , C. Todd Koebele, Esq. , Murnane Brandt, St. Paul, MN, for Appellees Bechtel Corporation; Bechtel Construction Company; and Cornell Pump Company.

Craig L. Unrath, Esq. , Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen, Peoria, IL, for Appellees Air & Liquid Systems Corporation as successor by merger to Buffalo Pumps; Parker Hannifin Corporation; and Union Carbide Corporation.

Brady L. Green, Esq. , Douglas J. Gush, Esq. , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellee Elliott Company individually and as successor to Elliot Turbomachinery Company.

Nancy G. Lischer, Esq. , Hinshaw & Culbertson, Chicago, IL, for Airgas Merchant Gases LLC as successor in interest to AGA Gas, Inc.

Edward F. Houff, Esq. , Clare M. Maisano, Esq. , Evert, Weathersby & Houff, Baltimore, MD, for Appellees Linde LLC, sued as Linde Inc., f/k/a The BOC Group and/or Airco; The Lincoln Electric Company; and Hobart Brothers Company.

Jerome D. Feriancek, Esq. , Thibodeau, Johnson & Feriancek, PLLP, Duluth, MN, for Appellee Honeywell International, Inc. and Pneumo Abex, LLC, successor in interest to Abex Corporation.

Steven L. Parrott, Esq. , Dehay & Elliston, LLP, Baltimore, MD, for Pneumo Abex, LLC.

Thomas M. Stieber, Esq. , Foley & Mansfield, Minneapolis, MN, for Appellee Plastics Engineering Company.

John A. Fonstad, Esq. , Carter G. Phillips, Esq. , Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC, for Appellee General Electric Company.

David L. Kelleher, Esq. , Jackson & Campbell, P.C., Washington, DC, for Appellee Metso Paper, USA Inc.

Before: SCIRICA, RENDELL and VANASKIE, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

RENDELL, Circuit Judge:

This appeal comes to us from Multidistrict Litigation case number 875 ("MDL 875"), otherwise known as the "Asbestos MDL," involving asbestos cases from around the country, pending before Judge Robreno in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The District Court, overseeing several thousand asbestos cases, dismissed the claims of twelve Plaintiffs1 pursuant to...

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